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Patent GB-2566832-A (GB)
Title: A method for manufacturing a metal sheet with a ZnAl coating and with optimised drying, corresponding metal sheet, part and vehicle
Inventor: JEAN-MICHEL MATAIGNE
IPC: C23C2/26
Filed: 2014-02-10
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal sheet 1 comprises depositing a metal coating on at least one face of a steel substrate by dipping the substrate in a coating bath 13 and wiping the coating with a wiping gas projecting from at least one nozzle 17. The metal coating comprises between 0.2 and 0.7 weight % aluminium, the remainder being zinc, inevitable impurities, and has an outer surface waviness Wa0.8 before any skin pass operation of less than or equal to 0.55 microns. The coating may comprise less than 0.3 weight % of each of one or more additional elements selected from silicon, antimony, lead, titanium, calcium, manganese, tin, lanthanum, cerium, chromium, zirconium or bismuth. The method may comprise a cold rolling step, wherein at least the last pass is achieved with rectified and non-etched work rolls with work surfaces having a roughness Ra2.5 of less than or equal to 0.5 microns. A skin pass operation is preferably performed for metal sheets intended for manufacturing body parts for vehicles.
Patent GB-2579854-A (GB)
Title: Method of analysing seismic data to detect hydrocarbons
Inventor: Øyvind Magne Skjaeveland
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: A method of analysing seismic data to detect possible hydrocarbons comprises: determining a set of data tiles 30, 31 from a seismic data cube of seismic data; and testing each data tile in the set of data tiles to determine whether it corresponds to a possible fluid contact. The data tile may correspond to a lateral area of more than 40 traces 32. The testing may comprise determining a correlation between amplitude and time for each tile. It may further comprise obtaining a plurality of measurements representative of reservoir properties at each of the locations in the tile or of the average properties in a depth window above and/or below the tile and calculating a degree of co-variation between a plurality of such measurements and the measured time or depth of the tile. The method may comprise applying a filter to identify only tiles that line up with other tiles to form a larger structure above a certain size as corresponding to a possible fluid contact. Another aspect relates to a computer program product comprising instructions which execute the above method.
Patent GB-2565964-A (GB)
Title: Electrical component and method
Inventor: DANIEL WALTON
IPC: H01R13/523
Filed: 2017-07-20
Abstract: A subsea electrical connector or electrical cable comprising a conductor (2), an insulator (4) coaxial with the conductor; and at least one of a volumetric compensating diaphragm (15) located radially outwardly of the insulator, or a termination boot (40); wherein the diaphragm or termination boot comprises a compound layer, the compound layer comprising a graphene nano-platelet additive incorporated (23) into a cross-linked polymer matrix to produce a polymer composite.
Patent GB-2580037-A (GB)
Title: Anti-coking apparatus
Inventor: PER WIDSTROM
IPC: F02C7/06
Filed: 2018-12-19
Abstract: An aircraft engine lubricant circulation system comprises a conduit 11 arranged to communicate a lubricant to or from one or more bearings of an engine. The conduit is double walled and defines a space 14, between inner 12 and outer 13 walls, which comprises a phase change material (PCM) that is selected to change phase at a predetermined temperature, to limit the maximum internal temperature that will be reached in transient conditions, e.g. following shutdown, or when taxiing at high ambient temperature. Limiting the maximum temperature may prevent coking.
Patent GB-2587179-A (GB)
Title: Downhole internal pipe cutting method and apparatus
Inventor: LAWRENCE LAWSON MCALLISTER
IPC: E21B29/00
Filed: 2019-02-11
Abstract: A low power method and apparatus for cutting pipe from inside that enables a battery powered pipe cutting tool 5 that can be run into the pipe to the desired location on a simple tether. The cutting method uses a pointed cutting tip 7 attached to cutting head 2 that is rotated and manipulated inside the pipe 1 to cut a typically triangular groove 11 in a way that only takes a small shaving at the tip of the cutter. The cutting tip can be rotated and moved along the longitudinal axis of the pipe, cutting along a compound axis of the two. The cutting width can be adjusted to meet a target load current or load power being used by the apparatus. The longitudinal and rotational motion of the cutting arm may be driven by separate drive motors that are connected by a mixing gearbox to drive the motion of the cutting arm using a pair of concentrically rotating shafts.
Patent GB-2581389-A (GB)
Title: Spam detection
Inventor: HEIKKI HANNIKAINEN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: A method of determining that a client is likely engaged in the sending of spam emails via a network node, such as a monitoring system or firewall or VPN gateway. The method comprises, at the network node, defining a message size threshold and a message sending rate threshold, detecting the opening of SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) connections between a client device and an email server, identifying messages sent from the client over the SMTP connections which exceed said message size threshold and counting the identified messages to determine a client email message sending rate. The method further comprises determining that the client is likely engaged in the sending of spam emails if the client message sending rate exceeds said message sending rate threshold. The SMTP connections may utilize TLS (Transport Layer Security) or be encrypted by a VPN. The step of defining a threshold may comprise defining a minimum message envelope size and a maximum command size wherein the message size threshold is dynamically updated. The method may further comprise measuring the size of SMTP commands such as RCPT TO commands, or counting the number of RCPT TO commands sent from the client.
Patent GB-2583937-A (GB)
Title: Adaptable bed
Inventor: ALLAN LEWIS
IPC: A47D11/00
Filed: 2019-05-14
Abstract: A kit comprising a cot base 20, two cot ends 30, a cot back 40, a cot front 50, a double bed base and two double bed sides. The kit is operable in a first configuration to provide a cot bed, consisting of the cot base, cot ends and cot front and back and a second configuration to provide a double bed consisting of the double bed base, double bed sides and the cot front and back. Optionally the cot base is adjustable in height, with a sliding front panel to allow easier access to the cot. In another embodiment the height of the cot front can be altered by adding stacking sections, these stacking sections could be used to provide the sides of the double bed. In a further embodiment the cot ends have removable top sections which can form the sides of the double bed. Preferably the kit can also make a toddler bed.
Patent GB-2584090-A (GB)
Title: A means of docking bicycles in bike share schemes
Inventor: CHARLES CAREY
IPC: B62H3/02
Filed: 2019-05-20
Abstract: A bicycle docking rack suitable for bicycle sharing schemes, that holds a plurality of bicycles is provided with a single locking element 8. The element 8 is movable to align a notch 10 with a single pin 7 allowing a bicycle frame portion 2 to be inserted into or withdrawn from a recess 6. The recesses 6 may be unlocked in sequence such that a bicycle is always added/removed at an end of a stack of bicycles. By restricting access to only an end recess 6 the spacing between parked bicycles may be much closer than would otherwise be convenient. Multiple racks may be used together, with one issuing shared bikes, another receiving returned bikes and a third receiving damaged bikes. The element 8 may be rotated about a longitudinal axis by a motor 11 in order to index between positions.
Patent GB-2578961-A (GB)
Title: Method of automating the manufacture of 3D printed objects
Inventor: PAUL HOLT
IPC: B33Y30/00
Filed: 2019-09-26
Abstract: Method of printing a 3D object comprising passing a plurality of build platforms through a series of stations: an exposure station wherein liquid photopolymer 304 situated in a vat 306 between a build platform 300 and a visual display screen 301 is exposed to a series of images on the visual display screen 301 being a cross-section of the 3D object, the vat 306 and screen 301 being planar parallel and in direct contact, and the liquid photopolymer 304 is partially cured; a wash station (fig.4) wherein unpolymerised photopolymer from the intermediate object is removed with a solution; a post exposure station (fig.5) wherein the partially cured photopolymer of the intermediate object is polymerised to form the 3D object; wherein the stations are configured to carry out their function simultaneously, each operating at any given time on a different build platform or the object on said different build platform. A second independent claim to an associated stereolithographic three dimensional printer (SLA) comprising build platforms and optional load/unload station. The stations may move towards/away from the build platform along axes parallel to each other, wherein the build platform(s) may be configured to move in a direction perpendicular to said axes.
Patent GB-2589139-A (GB)
Title: Method of estimating soot using a radio frequency sensor
Inventor: JONATHAN WHITTAKER
IPC: F01N11/00
Filed: 2019-11-22
Abstract: A method of calibrating a soot load estimating function for a diesel particulate filter using measurements of radio frequency attenuation and temperature. The method comprises identifying a mean attenuation that exceeds a standard deviation threshold and using this as a reference value, using a data library to obtain a gradient corresponding to a linear approximation between mean attenuation and soot load for a given temperature, and using the reference value to determine an axis intercept value for use as an offset value for calibrating measurements of the soot load. The method can be extended to incorporate further gradient values at different temperatures. This method serves to limit the effect of resonant frequencies on the value of the mean attenuation, and accurately determines an initial inference for soot load.
Patent GB-2577430-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent article having elastomeric panels
Inventor: KUEYOUNG YOU
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 2018-03-21
Abstract: A garment-like absorbent article can have a front region, a back region, and a central region extending between and connecting the front region and the back region. The front region and the back region of the absorbent article can be formed from a combination of elastic materials. The combination of the elastic materials can be asymmetrically configured about the absorbent article to provide an improved fit of the absorbent article to the body of the wearer as well as to provide the wearer with an absorbent article that resembles traditional woven underwear.
Patent GB-2598269-A (GB)
Title: Composite material and method for making the same
Inventor: MARTIN MURPHY
IPC: E04B1/62
Filed: 2019-12-13
Abstract: A method for making a composite material comprises: (i) providing a mixture comprising:(a) carbon fibres and/or lignocellulosic biomass fibres, preferably straw; and (b) at least one phenolic resin; (ii) providing an aqueous composition comprising aluminium dihydrogen phosphate and, optionally, alumina powder, having a pH of from 0.0-2.0, preferably 0.6-1.0; (iii) introducing the mixture into a mould and compressing the mixture within the mould to form a moulded body; (iv) heating the moulded body under an inert atmosphere to pyrolyse the at least one phenolic resin to form a porous body; (v) infiltrating the porous body with the aqueous composition to form an infused porous body; and (vi) drying and curing the infused porous body to form the composite material. The infiltration aqueous composition is preferably sodium and/ot potassium silicate.
Patent GB-2579918-A (GB)
Title: Out-of-bounds recovery circuit
Inventor: IAIN SINGLETON
IPC: G06F21/74
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: Out-OF-bounds recovery circuit 308 detects an out-oF-bounds violation in an electronic device and causes it to transition to a safe state. The out OF bounds recovery circuit includes detection logic 320 for when a processing element of the device has fetched an instruction from an unallowable memory address range for a current operating state; and transition logic 310 causing the transition to a safe state and invalidating the fetched instruction such that it does not execute. Determining whether the fetched instruction is from unallowable memory addresses comprises comparing a program counter value to an address range. The operating states comprise boot or normal state determined according to the power-ON sequence being completed. The safe states comprise idle or post-reset. It addresses the threat of malicious code causing rogue programs to execute on the device. Detecting out-OF-bounds violations in hardware rather than software allows detections of errors in the boot firmware.
Patent GB-2594682-A (GB)
Title: Bib for a baby
Inventor: SHONA PECHEY
IPC: A41B13/10
Filed: 2020-02-11
Abstract: A bib 100 for protecting clothing worn by a baby or infant when being given food comprises a collar 106 extending around the baby's neck in use and having a tubular roll 110 around the front of the collar 106 conformable to the baby's neck to resist intrusion into the clothing of food dropped from the baby's mouth, an inner flap 104 secured to the front of the collar 106 which in use is tucked within the baby's clothing and extends downwards there within to keep any food so intruding away from the inside of said clothing and an outer flap 102 secured to the front of the collar 106 and hanging down therefrom in use over the baby's clothing to keep food dropped from the baby's mouth away from the outside of said clothing. The inner surface of the inner flap 104 and the outer surface of the outer flap 102 may be formed of absorbent material to capture escaped food coming into contact with them. The outer surface of the inner flap 104 and the inner surface of the outer flap 102 may be formed of a liquid resistant material impermeable to escaped food. There may be a receptable 118 in the form of an open channel to accumulate food spilled. The bib is preferably of such materials and shape that it can be rolled up when not in use.
Patent GB-2595854-A (GB)
Title: Sound amplifying facility for headphone
Inventor: CHIH FENG HO
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2020-06-08
Abstract: The headphone or earphone 20 has a wireless transmitting and receiving module for transmitting and receiving information to or from an electric facility, for example a mobile phone 8. The charging dock 30 includes an amplifying mechanism (31, fig 5) having a signal receiving and amplifying module for receiving and amplifying the information from the headphone or earphone. The headphone or earphone includes a wireless charging module, and the amplifying mechanism includes a wireless charging unit 31. The amplifying mechanism 30 may include a socket (33, fig 3) for engaging with the headphone. The socket may include a conductor (34, fig 3) and the headphone or earphone may include a terminal (24, fig 3) engaging with the conductor of the socket.
Patent GB-2600998-A (GB)
Title: Constructing a Building
Inventor: ANTHONY FULLER
IPC: E04B1/343
Filed: 2020-11-17
Abstract: Method of constructing of a building comprising a base portion 301 with a channel 305 with a substantially horizontal base 306, side walls 307, 308 and enclosing flanges 309, 310. An apparatus comprising plurality of vertical support elements 101 are inserted within the enclosed channel, with each vertical support element including a channel plate 102 for retention within the enclosed channel and a substantially vertical spigot 103 extending from the enclosed channel, such that horizontal movement within the channel facilitates the positioning of the vertical support elements. Vertical movement is prevented by said enclosing flanges. A respective spring plate 601 is engaged upon each of the vertical spigots and a vertical panel support member 902 is retained upon each of said spring plates, wherein said vertical members include a hollow opening 903 for receiving a respective spring plate. Also claimed is the apparatus comprising the channel plate, spigot and spring plate.
Patent GB-2602463-A (GB)
Title: Protective cap for a leading edge of a wind turbine blade
Inventor: MANISH MUKHERJEE
IPC: F03D80/30
Filed: 2020-12-28
Abstract: A protective cap 310 for protecting a leading edge 18 of a wind turbine blade 305, eg from erosion and lightning strikes, comprises first and second attachment portions 403, 404 for attaching the protective cap 310 to a suction side 421 and a pressure side 422 of the blade, respectively, and comprises a first metal layer 401 and a second metal layer 402 extending between the attachment portions 403, 404. The metal layers 401, 402 are at least partly spaced apart. An adhesive or foam (940, fig.9) may be provided between the layers. The cap may be made from thin metal sheets welded together at regions that form the attachment portions 403, 404. The cap 310 may be spaced, eg by foam and fabric (820, 930, figs.8,9), from the leading edge 18 to further protect the leading edge 18 from lightning strikes. The metal may be stainless steel, titanium, nickel or chromium alloy or aluminium. The cap 310 may be connected to a down-conductor connector 432. A lightning capture device 441 may be provided. Methods of manufacturing the cap and assembling the blade are provided.
Patent GB-2604120-A (GB)
Title: Marking of carbonaceous fluids
Inventor: ASHLEY THURSTON UYS
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2021-02-24
Abstract: A method is provided for marking a petroleum fuel or other carbonaceous fluid with a marker or tracer. The method includes introducing the marker into the fluid. The marker is a substance that is extractable from a plant (including synthetically manufactured versions of such substances). The plant may be a Cannabis plant and the marker may comprise a cannabinoid, e.g. tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). A detection method is further provided for detecting the presence of the marker in the fuel or other carbonaceous fluid. The detection method may comprise extracting the marker from the fluid into an aqueous layer and analysing the aqueous layer for the presence of the marker. A marked carbonaceous product is also provided, comprising a carbonaceous fluid and a marker as above.
Patent GB-2606380-A (GB)
Title: Foundation for equipment enclosure
Inventor: STUART SMITH
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 2021-05-06
Abstract: A foundation for an equipment enclosure 10 such as a railway control cabinet or telecommunications cabinet, comprises a base module 24 including a tray component 24a having side walls 32 and defining at least one recess 50 for accommodating ballast material. The foundation may be installed on a solid, level ground surface without the need for excavation. Stability of the foundation is provided by introducing aggregate or any ballast material into the tray component to fill the one or more recesses. Support structures 34 are provided, carrying brackets 35 to support the weight of a cabinet to be installed on the base module. Cable access to the cabinet is provided by holes 40, 42. A lid 54 may be provided to cover the tray component. The tray component may be assembled from a base and modular peripheral walls formed of a stack of layers of a laminated wall structure (figures 8 to 11).
Patent GB-2608368-A (GB)
Title: Multi-tiered cooking-apparatus shelf
Inventor: DARREN BURGESS
IPC: F24C15/16
Filed: 2021-06-28
Abstract: A multi-tiered cooking-apparatus shelf 10 including a shelf body 18 forming a first tier and which is configured to support a first foodstuff (48, Fig. 4) to be cooked in or on a cooking apparatus (12, Fig. 5); The shelf 10 includes at least one spacer member 20 which depends from the shelf body 18, a plurality of elongate skewer elements 40 forming a second tier extend in a cantilevered manner from the or each spacer member 20 to suspend a second foodstuff (50, Fig. 4) to be cooked in or on the said cooking apparatus (12, fig. 5) consecutively and/or simultaneously with the said first foodstuff (48, Fig. 5) below the first tier; The plane of the second tier skewer elements 40 may be non-parallel to the plane of the first tier shelf body 18, and there may be food-retaining means for preventing movement of the foodstuffs.
Patent GB-2615560-A (GB)
Title: An alloy
Inventor: GEORGINA CATHERINE FRATER
IPC: C22C30/00
Filed: 2022-02-11
Abstract: A complex concentrated alloy consisting of (in atomic percent): 20-35 % aluminium, 0-16.7% zirconium, 0-7 % vanadium, 0-35 % tungsten, 0-35 % chromium, 0-10 % iron, 0-5 % nickel, 0-40 % titanium, 0-35 % tantalum 0-20 % niobium, 0-35 % molybdenum, 0-5 % cobalt, 0-10 % manganese 0-5 % copper, 0-35 % rhenium provided ARe ≤ (35 - ATa) + (35 - AW) + (20 - ANb) and where ARe, ATa, AW and ANb are the amounts in atomic percent of rhenium, tantalum, tungsten and niobium respectively; and incidental impurities less than 1 at% in total; wherein the following equations are satisfied: where xi is the atomic fraction of element i in the alloy, VECi is the number of valence electrons associated with an atom of element i and R is the universal gas constant.
Patent GB-2616639-A (GB)
Title: A method of joining TPE tubes
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOHN WHITE
IPC: B29C65/68
Filed: 2022-03-15
Abstract: A method of joining thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubes, comprising: abutting an end surface of a first TPE tube 2 against an end surface of a second TPE tube 4; providing a TPE sleeve 6 around the first and second tubes such that it overlaps the end surfaces; providing a compression member 8 around the sleeve which is configured to apply a radial force around a circumference of the sleeve; and fusing the first and second tubes and the sleeve to one another by applying heat to the sleeve while applying a radial force to the sleeve using the compression member. The compression member may be a heat shrink tube, with a length greater than a length of the sleeve and is arranged such that it overhangs either end of the sleeve. The sleeve may have a wall thickness which is less than a wall thickness of the first and second tubes. The compression member may be removed after fusing.
Patent GB-2618602-A (GB)
Title: Trim component and valve
Inventor: SHIVENDRA SUNDAR RAJU
IPC: F16K3/24
Filed: 2022-05-12
Abstract: Trim or cage component 81 for controlling flow parameters in a valve, the trim having a longitudinal axis L and comprising a plurality of radial channels 84 each having an interior surface 85 which is inclined relative to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the trim. The channels may be cylindrical, conical, or slots. An upper end of each slot may comprise the inclined surface. A lower end 86 of each slot may be parallel to the surface or extend perpendicular to the trim axis. The trim may be annular, and single or multi-stage. Also claimed is a trim comprising a plurality of radial channels, a cross section of a radially outer portion of each channel being larger than that of a radially inner portion to form a concave step 137 at a radially outer opening of the channel. Each opening may have a chamfer, fillet, or a blended, progressive or lead-in radius. Also claimed is a valve comprising a valve body, and a trim component comprising a plurality of radial channels, where a concave step for promoting local flow separation is formed by an increase in flow path area at a location upstream of the channels. The valve may be an axial valve.